Flying-machine.



F. L. GOULD.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1909.

965,452. Patented July 26,1910.

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ATTORNEYS F. L. GOULD.

FLYING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED I'EB. 5, 1909.

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FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED I'IEB. 5, 1909.

965,452. Patented July 26, 1910.

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citizen of theUnited': States, and a resident of Reno, in the county. of Wahoe and [State of Nevada, have invented a new and Improved Flying-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to flying machines of a .type that are heavier than air, and which are adapted by contained mechanism to rise upwardly to a desired height, traverse i the air 1n any direction and if desired, return to the starting point on the surface of the earth.

'ible into a multiple lifting aeroplane and the reverse, by a suitable adjustment of the motive agent; and a further object "is to provide novel means that adapt the multiple aeroplane mechanism'to' direct the course of the machine in any desired direction.

The invention consistsin the novel construction and combination of parts,'as is hereinafter described and defined in the appended claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying-drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is an axial vertical sectional view, substantially on the line 11 in' Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a broken plan view, taken sub stantially on the line 22 in Fig. 1; Fig. 3

i is a transverse sectional view of details,

showing the adjustment of one of a lurality of aeroplanes by full and dotted hues, and taken substantially on the line 3-3 in Fig. 2; Fig. 4 is an enlarged" side view of'a torsion s ring,'and parts of the apparatus connecte thereto; Fig, 5 is a partly sectional plan view of details, substantially upon the line 5-5 in Fig. 1; and Fig. 6-

is a detached plan view of one of a plurality of aeroplanes that are details of the invention.

In the drawings that illustrate the improved flying machine, 10, 11, indicate two rnmcaiiacnim Specification of Letter's'fateiit. Application filed Februaryt, aoa' sen hollow a...

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the'inast '10 having greater length thanjt e mast 11 and being slidably fitted in the latter, as appears in Fig. 1 for convenience in assembling. v

A skeleton frame, 12, circular in form peripherally considered and having parallel upper and lower sides, is furnished with a step or socketbox a at the center of thelower side that receives a journal end 6 thatiis formed onthe lower extremity of the mast 10. .suitable motor 13 is placed in the frame 12 at one'side of the shaft 10 and from one side of the motor-a driving shaft 0 is extended ,whereon a bevel gear a is secured. Below the gear a, a bevel pinion (Z is mounted upon the mast 10 and secured thereto, said pinion meshing with the lower side of the bevelgear 0.

Upon the lower extremity of the hollow shaft 11, a bevel pinion e having an equal diameter with the pinion d, isformed or secured and meshes with the-bevel gear 0 directly above the inion 'd. On the hollow shaft 11 at a suitab e point; above the pinion e, a sleeve 14 is loosely mounted, said sleeve v being secured to the upper side of the motor frame 12, and between the. lower end of the sleeve-14 and the shaft 11, a ball bearing f isplaced. p a

A circular car frame 15, having an open top and a ,skeleton framed lower side g, is supported concentric with the: motorframe 12 by means that will now be described. A circular supplementary frame 15, that is a portion of the car frame 15-, is erected concentric with and near the sidewall of the motor frame 12 and extending above it. Upon the inner ends of a plurality of inwardly-extending arms k that project from the upper ends of the standards forming the supplementaryframe 15, an eccentric strap eccentric to the tongue '4', a circular opening is formed in the eccentric bodyfor the reception of the upper end of the sleeve 14, whereonsaid eccentric body is mounted and secured. A hand wheel 18 is attached upon the eccentric body 17 by means of the spider arms 1; that roject from the rim of said wheel inwar y and lap on said body to which said arms are secured.

On the bottom wall of the car frame '15 a base plate 19 is secured at its center, said base plate having a groove m in its upper surface that has similar eccentricity with '7 hand wheel- 18, the rotatable movement of the eccentric body 17 will change the position of the masts 10, 11, with relation to the motor-supporting frame and the car frame.

The means for effecting an elevation of the apparatus embodies two similar structures, each consistin of the following details: At a suitable distance above the motor frame 12, a radial flange 19 is secured upon the hollowmast '11, said flange having a circular edge and suflicient area for its service thatwill presently be explained. A collar n is formed or secured on the upper end of the hollow mast 11, above which the mast 10 extends, and on said mast 10, a thimble 20 is loosely mounted. A coiled s rin 21, of suitable dimensions and ten- Y siona strength, is mounted upon the mast convex sha ed bo 10 between the collar 11. and the thimble 20, perforated and flattened eyes 0, 0, formed on the ends of the spring c011 21 being lapped upon and secured to said collar an thimble respectively, as is clearly shown in Fig. 4. Upon the thimble 20, a parachute 22, of conslderable area, is secured, said parachute being formed of thin plate metal,

circular on its edge and having a concavothe concave side there-' of being 'sposed lowermost. The parachute is provided at its center with a depending collar p that is mounted and secured upon the thimble 20- and thus is secured in a plane-at right an les to the axis of the masts 10, 11, as shown 1n Fig. 1. At equally spaced intervals, a series of apertures q is formed in the thin body ofthe parachute 22, these similar openings bein positioned at an equal distance from an near the periphery. of the parachute bod as is clearly shown in Fig. 2. The si e edges of each opening g conver e somewhat from their outer ends towar the inner transverse end wall thereof and as shown in Fig. 2, the end walls or edges of the openings g are segments of two concentric circles, as appears in full lines at the right in q are provided. 'These planes have a marginal form that corresponds with that of said apertures, but are-slightly greater in v,

area, thus aifordin an overlapping edge portion for each p ane 23 when imposed upon the parachute body over the openings g respectively. As shown for one plane 23 in Fig. 6, each aeroplane is formed with a short. slot 1' in each end thereof at the transverse center., In the. end walls or edges of each aperture or opening g at their. centers, a short slot r is formed and thus disposed 0p-' ositely in each,opening, said slots appearmg in the edges of one opening q at the'right in Fig. 2, and it-is to be understood that all the openings have similar slots.

To place the aero lanes 23 in position, each one is by slight y bending it, readily inserted in a respective aperture 9, and at each end the aeroplane and parachute are loosely interlocked by engaging said ends at the respective slots r, r, with the corresponding transverse edges at the ends of the openings this engagement being effected by straig tening the aeroplanes after theyare inserted and properly positioned in the openin s they are to occupy. I

t will be seen that by the loosely inter:

locked engagement of each aeroplane 23 withan opening or aperture g,said aeroplanes are all adapted to receive rocking adjustment on the parachute body 22, so as to open partially or completely close the openings q. 1

From the described construction and arrangement of the parts, it will be obvious that the side edge portion of each aeroplane 23 will when in closed adjustment, lap over the ed e of a corresponding opening i, onehalf 0 said edge ortion seating on t e per or convex si e of the parachute body, and the other half portion of said edge having a similar engagement with the concave or lower side of sai parachute.

From the side ,edgeslof each aeroplane 23, a plurality of wires 24 or like connections, are extended toward the radial flange 19 and secured thereon by attaching the grouped ends of said wires thereto, these groups of wires or the like being so s aced apart on the radial flange 19 and havmg such len h respectively, that when the spring 21 is fu y expanded the aeroplanes 23 wil be folded upon the parachute and virtually render its wall im erforate. v A re. ial flange 25, similar to the radial flange 19, is laced on and secured to the mast 10 imme iately above the parachute 22, and as shown in Fig. 1 a ball bearing 25 is introduced between the thimble 20 and the lower side of the flange 25. At a distance from the flange 25, equal with the distance that intervcnes between the flange 19 and parachute 22, a similar parachute 26 is mounted upon the upper end of the mast 10,

said parachute having a depending thimble a secured thereto at its center.

A collar 8 is formed or secured on the upper end of the mast- 10, and between said collar and the lower end of the thimble s a spiral spring 27 is introduced that is similar to the spring 21 and is secured by its ends respectively upon said collar andthim'ble, thus adapting it-to serve as a torsion spring and also as an expansible spring.

The parachute body 26 which is of thin plate metal, has an equal area to that of the parachute 22, is of a like curvature and is formed with apertures equal in number to those provided in the parachute 22 and of a like marginal form."

Aeroplanes 28, equal in number to and having the same form as the aeroplanes 23, are hinged in a like manner to that of the aeroplanes 23, so as to rock in the apertures in the parachute 26. Each aeroplane 28 is connected at its side edges by-wircs 29 with the radial flange 25, and when the coiled spring 27 is fully expanded, the aeroplanes 28 will be drawn by said wires into flatcontact with the surface of the parachute body 26.

The car frame 15 is preferably covered with strong wire netting 15 that also covers the bottom of the frame 12, and upon the car frame at its center, elliptical springs 15 are secured where said springs cross at their centers. Between the ends of the elliptical plate springs 15 and the bottom wall of the car 15, strong coiled springs 15 are inserted and secured, these colled springs and plate springs affording a resilient base for the entire flying machine while resting on the ground, and also serving to cushion its impact thereon when descending after an ascension.

chine is in uprightposltion on a soli base that may be the surface of the earth, and all parts in the relativepositions indicated in Fig. 1, the aeroplanes 23 and 28 being nearly closed, the motor 13 is started, thus rotating the bevel gear 0. The pinions d and e are simultaneously rotated by the bevel gear 0, rotating the masts 10, 11, in opposite directions at an equal speed. When the rate of speed. of the masts has attained a suiflcient degree and the parachutes 22 and 26 are correspondingly rotated, their resistance to rotation will cause the torsion springs 21 and 27 to twist and correspondingly shorten the distance between the radial flanges 19, 25 and the respective parachutes 22 and 26. The movement of the parachutes and their simultaneous turning movement in opposite directions, will slacken certain of the wires 24 and 29 at one side edgeof the aeroplanes and pull upon the o posite wires on each aeroplane, which wi rock the aeroplanes correspondingly, thus raising the opposite side edges 0 the aero lanes a reater degree and ada ting sai raised e ges to impinge upon t e air.

As the sets of upwardly-inclined side edges of one set of aero lanes are driven in an opposite direction from the raised side edges of the aeroplanes forming the other set thereof, the tendency of these oppositely inclined sets of aeroplanes on the res ective para.- chutes 22, 26, is to lift the entlre flying machine vertically, and it will be noted that the rate of speed had by the motor 13 will control the degree of turning movement and compression of the torsion springs 21, 27

. and of course define the degree of inclination given to the two sets of aeroplanes, which by their impingement upon the air regulate their lifting ower.

Having attained a esired hei ht, the aviator can direct the flying mac ine in any lateral direction by turning thehand wheel 18 a, proper degree, so as to dispose the weight of the motor and operator at the side that is to be depressed, such depression of the car at one side correspondingly inclining the masts 10, 11, and parachutes 22, 26, thus adapting the aeroplanes on said parachutes to pro e1 the flying machine laterally and upwar ly.

When it is desired to descend toward the earth, the hand wheel 18 and eccentric controlled thereby, is adjusted so as to dispose the weight of the motor and aviator normally or in a manner that will give the masts 10, 11, erect positions, then a decrease in speed of the motor will permit the grayity of the apparatus to overcome to a certain degree the lifting power of the aeroplanes, and the parachutes 22, 26 being perforated by the partial opening of the aeroplanes,

have just sustaining power suflicient to control the safe descent of the flying machine.

It will be noted that-when the machine is seated on a level surface, the resilient supporting means provided permits the weight of the arachutes 22, 26, to somewhat compress tie torsion springs 21, 27, and consequently rock the aeroplanes into a partly.

open condition, which will enable said aeroplanes to start the upward movement of the flying machine when the motor 13 1s started into operation.

Having thus described my lnvention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A flying machine comprising a mast, a sleeve slidable thereon, a parachute connected with the sleeve, a fixed support on the mast, a spring arranged between the sleeve and the support, said parachute having radial openings therein, aeroplanes pivoted in the openin s, a connection between said planes and t 1e fixed support-for normally holding them in closed position and means for rotating the mast for the purpose set forth.

2. In an apparatus for aerial navigation, the combination with two masts, one rotatable in the other, of a parachute on one mast and having apertures therein, aeroplanes rockably hung in said apertures, and means actuated by a turnin and sliding 'movement of. the mast carrymgthe parachute, for rocking the .aeroplanesand grad uat'ing the opening and closure ofthe apertures.

3. In an apparatus 'for aerial navigation,

the combinatlonwith two masts, one rotatable in the other, of a parachute carried by each 'mast, said parachutes having a like number of a ertures therein, aeroplanes rockably hung in the apertures 1n each parachute, and means controlled by the turning of the parachutes on the masts, adapted to rock the aeroplanes in the apertures for opening or closlng them.

4. In an apparatus for aerial navigation,

the combination with two masts, one rota table in the other, of apertured parachutes mounted on the masts and having a plurality of apertures in each parachute, an equal number of aeroplanes rockably hung in the apertures in each parachute, means controlled by the rotation of the inasts, adapted to rock the aeroplanes, and means adapted for rotating the masts in opposite directlons.

5; In an apparatus for aerial navigation,

the combination with two masts, one rotatable in'the other, and two apertured arachutes mounted on the masts, of aerop anes rockably hung in the apertures in the parachutes, and torsion sprin sconnected with the aeroplanes and wlth t e masts, the torsion of said springs being adapted for con trolling the rocking movement of the aeroplanes.

6. In an apparatus .for the combination with two masts, one rotatable in the other, two apertured parachutes aerial navigation,

mounted on the masts and turnable thereon,

and aeroplanes rockably hung in the apertures 'in the parachutes, of a radlal flange secured on each mast below and near each parachute, torsion springs connecting each mast with aresp'ective arachute,.and connections "of wire or theli e extended between the aeroplanes andthe radial flanges for the control of. the rocking movement of-the' we planes. p

-7. In anapparatus for aerial navigation, the combination with two masts, one rotatable in the other, two apertured 'arachutes mounted on the masts and turnab e thereon, and aeroplanes rockably hung in the apertures in the parachutes, of a radial flange secured on each mast below and neareach parachute, torsion springs connecting each mast with a respective parachute, connections of wire or the like extended between each radial flange and a respective set of aeroplanes for controlling the rocking movement of the aeroplanes, gearing secured on the lower portions of the masts, and a supported motor adapted to rotate the gearing and the masts in opposite directions.

8. In an apparatus for aerial navigation, the combination with two masts, one rotatable in the other,. a motor gear connected ,with the masts for their rotation, and a frame for supporting the motor, of a car carrying the motor support, and an eccentric mechanism mounted in the car and connected with the masts .and motor sup ort,

which enables a change of position 0 the 

